Pleasant Grove High School (California)
| Pleasant Grove High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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9531 Bond Road Elk Grove, California, Sacramento County, 95624 United States | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public |
| Established | 2005 |
| School district | Elk Grove Unified School District |
| Principal | Hank Meyer |
| Teaching staff | around 47 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Pupils | approximately 2600 |
| Average class size | 24:1 |
| Campus | Outdoor |
| Color(s) | |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Rival | Sheldon High School and Elk Grove High School |
| Feeder schools | Katherine Albiani Middle School |
| Nobel laureates | Kristina Gundunas-Smith |
| Website | Official website |
Coordinates: 38°24′47″N 121°22′21″W / 38.413°N 121.3724°W Pleasant Grove High School or PGHS is a four year high school located in Elk Grove, California. Established in 2005, the first class of graduating seniors was the class of 2008. Pleasant Grove High School is the 8th high school of the Elk Grove Unified School District. Pleasant Grove High School has the highest API Score in the Elk Grove Unified School District. PGHS mascot is the Eagle, and the colors are navy blue, white, and red. In sports their football team has gone to win their league title three years (2007, 2008, 2009) in a row and made it to the playoffs in all but the first season of the program (2006). They lost in the section title game in 2008, but won the 2010-11 Sac-Joaquin Section Division 1 Championship and started the 2011-2012 season ranked 8th in the Nation by MaxPreps.com and are highly ranked among other National Prep Rankings. Their varsity softball team was previously ranked 1 in the nation in 2009, and the Eagles have had recent success in many of their sports.